Ewer with long curving spout, Yongle period, c. 1400 - c. 1425, blue and white porcelain, h 30cm × d 7.5cm. AK-RBK-1965-88. Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum, 1972 © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Pear-shaped jug on foot ring . The staggered neck with upstanding rim is connected by a cloud -shaped bridge with the curved spout . The curved handle is smooth at the upper side with a small decoration in the form of a loop. The jug is decorated in underglaze blue with the body and the lower part of the neck a continuous rank of peonies. The upper side of the neck is decorated with vertically arranged leaves. The spout of a flowering branch , the handle is decorated with flower sprays . Around the foot a meander border.